Background

Dr. Judy D. Olian, Ph.D. has been Dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management and the John E. Anderson Chair in Management since January 1, 2006. Dr. Olian's business expertise centers on aligning organizations' design with market opportunities, developing strategically coherent human resource systems and incentives, and managing top management teams. Dr. Olian served as Dean at the Smeal College of Business Administration at Pennsylvania State University for five and ... a half years. Prior to her tenure at Smeal, she served in various executive roles at the University of Maryland and its Robert H. Smith School of Business. She served as Acting Dean and Senior Associate Dean at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. She has consulted for major corporations. Dr. Olian served as the Chairman of AACSB International until June 2008. She serves as a Board Member at AACSB. She serves as a Member of Western Region Advisory Board at Catalyst Inc. She is Chairman of the Loeb Awards for Business Journalism. She also has Chaired two industry-wide AACSB commissions addressing the future of management education, and the looming crisis of shortages in business Ph.D. graduates. Dr. Olian serves on various advisory boards including Beijing University's Guanghua School of Business and the U.S. Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. She was Professor of Management at the Smeal College of Business Administration at Pennsylvania State University for five and a half years. She served in various faculty roles at the University of Maryland and its Robert H. Smith School of Business. She was Professor of Management and Organization at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. She wrote a weekly syndicated newspaper column and hosted a monthly television show on current topics in business. She is widely published in journals on human resource management and business alignment of management systems. She is a sought-after Speaker. Her honors include the American Council on Education Fellowship and the Maryland Association for Higher Education Award for Innovation. Dr. Olian received M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Relations from University of Wisconsin, Madison and B.S. in Psychology from Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

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